Singing the Psalms: How to Chant in the Christian Contemplative TraditionCynthia Bourgeault
Home décor encompasses many different elements of design, from what kind of flooring you use to how the furniture is arranged in each room. No matter what your tastes are, you can use different combinations of color, structure and furnishings to make your home comfortable, practical a...
In contrast to the vibrant interdisciplinary literature on other virtues, such as forgiveness and gratitude, the study of humility has developed more slowly. Over the 2 decades, there has been a proliferation of research on humility. In this study, we assess the interrelationship between a core ...
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Halloweenhas its roots in the ancient, pre-Christian Celtic festival ofSamhain, which was celebrated on the night of October 31. TheCelts, who lived 2,000 years ago in the area that is now Ireland, the United Kingdom and northern France, believed that the dead returned to earth on Samhain...
Over the ages, the holiday evolved, taking on Christian influences, European myth and American consumerism. Today, Halloween is celebrated with trick-or-treating, costumes, jack-o-lanterns and scary movies—all things which would likely be unrecognizable to those who took part in the holiday’s ...
TikTok is the loudest pulpit yet. The app is “social media on steroids”, according to Nathan Mladin of Theos, a Christian think-tank. Its supercharged algorithms reduce complex ideas to 30-second clips and erode the “habits and virtues” of traditional “faith journeys” faster than ever ...
In Europe the old Christian or aristocratic stories, the Sermon on the Mount or the wrath of Achilles, good as they are for elevating the virtues of love or courage, interfere with the bourgeois stories we might properly be telling about the seven virtues in a commercial society. "Elevating"...
Pumpkins with ghoulish faces illuminated by candles are a sure sign of theHalloweenseason. The practice of carving ghoulish faces on vegetables may have roots in Ireland, where large turnips served as early canvasses. In fact, the name, jack-o'-lantern, comes from an Irish folktale about a...
For many Christians, variants of this song are a regular part of worship services. Benjamin D. Sommerdescribes the important place this song of praise also has in Jewish tradition.[lxiii]It: serves as the centerpiece of theKedushahprayer, in which worshipers praise God using angelic liturgy...